RAF Croft

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RAF Croft, known locally as Croft Aerodrome or Neasham, opened in 1941 and served as a Second World War Royal Air force Bomber Command station. In 1943, Croft became a sub-station of RAF Middleton St. George which was allocated to No. 6 Group, Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF). After the RCAF left in 1945, Croft saw little wartime activity. Later in 1945 the aerodrome became a satellite of No. 13 Operational Training Unit based at Middleton St. George (flying Mosquitoes). The station was closed in the summer of 1946.

The Croft aerodrome is now better known as a Croft Circuit, a regular venue for the British Touring Car Championship and British Superbike Championships.

It is located in North Yorkshire near the villages of Dalton Gates and Dalton-on-Tees.